[knarf]

Bullit ... in 1969 or 70 I hitched to Cal. from Boston. Hooked up with some people and got a two month's view of san Fran Sicko.We all used one VW bug for transportation ... if it was out front and you could find the keys, you took it ... bring it back with some gas and et cetera.

I took the car to a store and did some shopping and on the way home, I had an honest-to-God brake failure at the top of some hillstreet named Van-something.

I don't remember how many 'Bullit' crossroads I went through, I'm guessing 3 - 5 ... and every one was a heart attack.

I know I'm saved because the angels kept all cross traffic from my point of entry.

(I should add that the brakes went out during a down shift ... I never caught the gear ... I was in neutral all the way).

When I got to the bottom of the hill, I was able to steer the thing off to the side and scraped along a curb 'till I stopped.

I'd forgotten that until this thread.

Yup ... BULLIT.

[Finny]

Wow! What a great story! I like to watch the oldest “Dirty Harry” flicks because they show San Francisco the way it was then. Remember the old Cost Plus on the waterfront? *sigh* The coolest place on Planet Earth.